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Correlation is not necessarily causation
souls_harbor 51 reads
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These correlation studies usually don't reveal the causal arrow, what causes what.

A recent study (that I just made up) finds that hookers who charge more are more attractive.  Therefore charge more and you will become more attractive.  Obviously the causality is the opposite direction.  If you are more attractive you can charge more.

Similarly,  all these benefits from sex might mean that people who are well adjusted, for instance, have more sex, rather than having more sex makes you well adjusted.

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It stems the accumulation of fat in your wallet.  

I hope not. This economy needs well stimulated participants and anything trickling is suspicious

Its more "dribble-down" economics.  

After all, in the NBA, they dribble before the shoot.

souls_harbor52 reads

These correlation studies usually don't reveal the causal arrow, what causes what.

A recent study (that I just made up) finds that hookers who charge more are more attractive.  Therefore charge more and you will become more attractive.  Obviously the causality is the opposite direction.  If you are more attractive you can charge more.

Similarly,  all these benefits from sex might mean that people who are well adjusted, for instance, have more sex, rather than having more sex makes you well adjusted.

but he CLEARLY called this "Quasi Science" and obviously was not taking the study as serious science, nor was anyone else.

 

I can think of a study along the lines of your made up one that would be a lot of fun though. I bet you we could prove that charge more get higher scores for appearance than the same women charging less. So change your conclusion from "Charge more and you will become more attractive" to "Charge more and you will get higher scores" and you might be onto something because nobody wants to admit he paid a thousand bucks an hour to fuck a rather average looking woman.

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It's actually a well studied area (self-justification.)    And it would explain inflated scores.

But pictures are pictures and charging more when the pictures don't match is going to preemptive, I would think.

There are a lot of women on the "top lists" who are undeniably "average" looking at best, but they still manage to get both high rates and high marks. I just chalk it up to the lack of standards (or bad eyesight) by hobbyists/reviewers and have learned to pay no attention to the numerical ratings system or the old saw about "you get what you pay for" as both have been proven false where it comes to picking providers that I find attractive.

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